A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum".
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The tower that caps the garbhagriha forms the main vertical axis of the temple, and is usually understood to represent the axis of the world through Mount Meru. By contrast, the garbhagriha usually forms part of the main horizontal axis of the temple, which … See more

In Tamil, the garbhagriha is called karuvarai meaning the interior of the sanctumn sanctorum. The word karuarai means "womb … See more

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A garbhagriha is normally square (though there are exceptions ), sits on a plinth, and is also at least approximately a cube. Compared to the size … See more

The purpose of every Hindu temple is to be a house for a deity whose image or symbol is installed and whose presence is concentrated at the heart and focus of the building.
Entrance to the Hindu garbhagriha has been traditionally … See more

1. ^ Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture, Edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th ed.). 1996. According to this edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's History of Architecture, the Jains consider themselves Hindus in a broad sense, and therefore the … See more